43,700 CHF
So-called "Paul Newman" Rolex Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 6241, retailed by Cartier. Produced in the 1960s. Very fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and black bezel with tachometer and with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. bicolored black and "guilloché" silver with tritium-coated black indexes, sunk auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hours and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "Baton" hands. Notes Produced from 1961 to 1976, the first examples with exotic dial, the so-called "Paul ewman", came on the market around 1970.Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches", by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 439 -445 and 487-488.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
